Thermal Paste

[Ronald Browen]

Just out of curiosity, I wander which one is better Arctic silver 5 or some of that Gold thermal paste. I just bought some Arctic Silver 5 for when I upgrade my CPU in my rig. I am wondering if the gold stuff is any better.

[ARikozuM]

TIM's are usually have a delta of 2-3 degrees once curing and spread is accounted for. I would just continue using the one you have.

[Ronald Browen]

Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

Real world results? Probably a 1 degree difference in load temps between the best and worst pastes. But the Arctic Silver's on the better end of that 1 degree margin. The whole "it has gold so it's better" is horse manure.

Thanks, I have been trying to get an actual answer for that. I saw many posts but they always dance around the gold part and just talk about other stuff like diamond particle paste, nano paste, liquid metal paste and anything else OTHER than what was the topic of every Gold thermal paste post.

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, Ronald Browen said:

Just out of curiosity, I wander which one is better Arctic silver 5 or some of that Gold thermal paste. I just bought some Arctic Silver 5 for when I upgrade my CPU in my rig. I am wondering if the gold stuff is any better.

They're pretty much all the same, but I'd go for MX-4 over AS5

 

the only ones that actually do anything different are liquid metal compounds

[Ronald Browen]

7 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

They're pretty much all the same, but I'd go for MX-4 over AS5

 

the only ones that actually do anything different are liquid metal compounds

After a little bit of research. I wish I would have got MX-4. That seems to be a re occurring theme with me, like when I realized I could have saved money and got more performance out of some intel chip verses my AMD one and how if I waited one more day I could have gotten a better graphics card for the same price as I did for the one I already bought....... What a shame